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My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/04/21 20:38
I have had a juniper Bonsai for about three months. It has been healthy until recently. It has exposed roots and some green moss growing around it. The Bonsai specialist I purchased the tree from instructed me to buy a mister and mist the tree from the tips to roots everyday. I have read that they like to dry out inbetween waterings and have taken this into account...but recently the leaves have started to change yellow or brown and are drying up. The tree lives outside in a mostly shaded area with full sun at parts of the day. This week I have tried soaking the roots and letting it dry out completely...will this help or hurt the tree? I don't think it is root rot...is it possible that it was underwatered?
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My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/04/21 22:00
Yellow leaves are from over watering, then if it gets sun the yellow leaves will turn brown, also under watering will turn the leaves brown, have you tryed feeding your tree? and is it in black top soil if it is not then add some to the top of the soil
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My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/04/22 01:11
mind if I cut in,whats the best food for them?Im asuming he has a juniper.If you can link me to a feeding thread or just explain breifly.
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My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/04/22 07:44
Evergreen trees and shrubs, including rhododendrons, camellias, azaleas, juniper cypress and broad-leaf evergreens, are fertilized with a rhododendron-type fertilizer.
Deciduous trees and shrubs, which includes fruit, flowering and shade trees, roses, lilacs, forsythia, etc. are all fed with a rose or general garden-type fertilizer. Deciduous refers to trees and shrubs that lose their leaves during the winter.
Perennials, annuals and vegetables are also fertilized with a rose or general garden fertilizer.
Or just use any all purpose fertilizer 10-10-10 or 20-20-20
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My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/05/04 01:06
i keep on watering my junniper like evry day but it looks like its geting worse i keep it inside my house what shold i do is it sopose to get direct sunlight?
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/05/04 04:34
You should not be watering your tree everyday unless it needs it. Use this method daily for determining your water needs:
Use a bamboo chopstick or skewer. Insert it well into the soil and leave it in for 3-5 mins.or longer. When you pull it out if it is wet or quite damp, don't water. If it is dry or barely damp, water.
When you do water, use a rain type method as with a watering can with fine holes.
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/05/04 05:17
Keep it out side your house, it will die living in your house, when you put it out side keep it in the shade so you do not burn the needles on your tree, put it out in the sun little by little, so it gets use to the sun maybe 1 to 2 hours a day until the needles harden off then you can give up to 5 hours a day but junipers like the shade also.
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2008/05/04 07:10
Couldn't have said it better myself!
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/01/07 16:03
I have a jupiter and the leaves are brown. Have been for several months. Is it dead? The trunk still seems strong but the leaves are brown. I'm thinking I need to put it in a bigger pot with fresh soil and put it outside. Any suggestions?
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/01/10 12:14
Yes your tree is dead, once the leaves turn brown the juniper will not come back to life, the juniper is an out door tree if you keep it in your house it will die i have only seen a juniper live indoors for only 4 months max, then it was dead but putting it out doors now will not help your juniper, best to keep the pot and find a small tropical tree to plant in it for a bonsai to live in your home...
Sorry for your loss....
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/16 00:08
My Juniper bonsais are inside my room but in a place where they dont receive direct sun light but the do receive the clearing of it... I also water them like once every 2 days but mist constantly is that ok?
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/16 00:35
As Mikey has said probably 1000 times the juniper is a outside tree and it will die if kept indoors no matter how well you water, feed and keep it out of direct sun. If you need to have a tree in your house a tropical tree is your best choice.
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/19 05:08
"I moved the bonsais outside and locate them under a big and shadowy tree. At some times of the day they get sun light, others filter sun light and others tottaly shadows... is that ok?"
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/19 06:43
Yes that will be good for the tree, when winter gets there cover the soil with mulch so the soil does not ice up and keep out of the wind...
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/21 03:22
"for some strange reason after relocating the bonsais, the folliage on the small one is now 50% green yellow color... Why is that? "
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/21 20:48
Your tree is just getting use to where is was moved to, trees are put in the ground and where they should be to never be moved, trees do not have feet not made to move, so when you put the tree in a new place it is like moving from summer to winter, just give it some time to recover in the shade do not overwater it to much water will kill a tree , do not feed the tree stressed trees do not use fertilizer it just will kill the roots, give it time, most times people do not know why trees do what they do......
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/08/22 05:14
"Thanks for your help Mike...."
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/09/17 15:25
that bug in your signature made me try to squish it on the screen.
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2009/10/11 09:08
Problem with junipers is that what you did to it two to three weeks ago is only showing up now as they take a while to show signs of problems. I would not rush out and feed it as feeding an unwell tree can sometimes make it worse. I would look at your watering methods and make sure the soil stays moist, not wet and be sure it is getting enough sunlight. Also look in between the needles of the dead sections and look for scale insect in case that is an issue. Hope this helps.
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Re:My Bonsai's Leaves are turning brown...Help! - 2010/02/22 06:48
i have two ficus religiosa which i repotted recently. the leaves are not turning green again. the leaves were tender when i repotted both the trees, and were of reddish brown colour. but they now seem to have been stagnated or frozen in time. is it anything to worry about or is the tree getting used to the new soil
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